After Marrying the Disabled Demon Lord as a Substitute, I Ran Away with His Child - Chapter 38

Chapter 38

The Long family disciples felt the situation was becoming dire as they saw, for the third time, the treasure they intended to seize already taken by someone else a step ahead of them.

After reporting this to the Long family elders, they received a new mission: find out exactly who was snatching the resources belonging to their Long family.

“These people simply don’t know what’s good for them! Allowing them into the Milong Secret Realm is already a great grace from Heaven; how dare they covet these top-tier treasures!”

“The clan elders said that since these people are obtaining treasures so quickly, they might not be the same group. We must head to the next location immediately. Even if we don’t catch them, we must secure these treasures in our own hands.”

The group acted immediately. However, when they reached the nearest treasure cache and saw the worthless remains of magical monsters scattered on the ground, they nearly spat blood in rage!

“Who is it again! This was a high-level monster!”

“Moreover, this monster was killed in a single blow. Let’s step forward and examine it closely.”

“Third Young Master, come look. There seems to be a trace of blood-qi remaining on this monster. This technique resembles the Right Protector of the Xuanyun Sect, Xue Mo (Blood Demon).”

They immediately reported this information to the Long family main residence. The main residence ordered them to continue the pursuit.

Almost without stopping, they used their maximum speed and finally caught up with that group the following day. By now, more than half of the treasures in the Milong Secret Realm had been taken by others. They were now certain it was the same group taking everything, because at every treasure site, not only was the treasure gone, but not even a single inconspicuous spiritual grass could be found.

The level of looting by this group was shamelessly thorough.

All the Long family disciples were filled with fury, but the Third Young Master of the Long family stopped them. “Let us observe from the shadows first to see exactly how they are obtaining the treasures at such speed, and then act as the opportunity arises.”

Then, they saw the people of the Xuanyun Sect retreat a few steps. That famous Madam of the Xuanyun Sect Leader rolled up her sleeves and stepped forward. Bare-handed, she struck a palm toward a vine tree that had already gained sentience.

“She’s looking for death!” one member of the Long family remarked.

However, in the next instant, everyone’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. The palm strike Zuo Siqiu sent out was not even as powerful as a strike from someone in the Qi-Refining stage. The Sect Leader’s Madam used all her strength but did not harm the vine in the slightest.

The Madam was the most cowardly person they had ever seen; after striking the palm, she actually crouched down and covered her head in fear.

“Is this Madam of the Xuanyun Sect not seeking death?”

“Are they playing?! It turns out this group from the Xuanyun Sect is so unreliable!”

“Their Madam must have no status at all in the Xuanyun Sect, which is why they sent her to attack such a dangerous and terrifying monster.”

Just as the mockery ended, the Xuanyun Sect’s Left Protector, Yan Jiaojiao, holding twin blades, lazily threw them out. Her throw was extremely casual; even a butcher slaughtering pigs in a mortal marketplace would have more lethality in his knife than hers.

Yet, such casually thrown blades actually hacked the vine into a thousand pieces. The vine lost its life, and its branches fell all over the ground. This all happened in a flash, so fast the Long family members could not even react.

Zuo Siqiu immediately stood up and directed the sect members: “These vines are also useful, everyone help me pick them up!”

The Xuanyun Sect members moved like a bulldozer, clearing out every material usable by a cultivator, leaving not even a single leaf behind. The Jade Spiritual Leaf that fell from the vines was stuffed into Zuo Siqiu’s storage ring without hesitation.

The Long family members were stunned. They had not expected these high-level monsters to be so easy to defeat!

They didn’t believe there was a second group capable of such thorough “sheep-shearing” where even the mutton was taken. They didn’t rush out; they knew they couldn’t beat the demonic cult in a fair fight. However, as the masters of this realm, they planned to use the arrays and monsters within the realm to besiege these people first.

In an instant, the Third Young Master finished communicating with several core disciples, preparing to set a trap. However, as they turned around, they found several Xuanyun Sect disciples standing behind them. Then, the rest of the Xuanyun Sect walked over, surrounding them.

The numbers on both sides were roughly equal, but the strength was worlds apart. If Xuan Mo made a move, all the Long family disciples would die there.

Xuan Mo didn’t act. Instead, Zuo Siqiu who had just been judged as incredibly cowardly — stepped forward. She walked before the Long family disciples with her hands behind her back and smiled brilliantly. “You guys are too slow. We’ve been stopping and starting along the way, waiting a long time for you to catch up.”

Hearing this, the faces of the Long family disciples turned bright red. They had worked so hard to catch up, only to find these people were waiting for them! It was too insulting!

The insulting Zuo Siqiu continued: “I waited for you here because I want you to go back and tell the Long family elders and your Family Head: thank you for the gifts they prepared for us, we like them very much. But regarding having my Second Senior Brother invite me to your home as a guest, I cannot agree. After all, I’d have the life to go but not the life to return.”

“But please tell them not to be discouraged. This method of invitation can happen a few more times. After all, the treasures obtained from this trip to the Milong Secret Realm won’t even fill the storage ring on my finger.”

The Long family disciples, unaware of the true underlying plot, were confused, but they were also shocked by Zuo Siqiu’s thick skin.

“No matter what our Long family wants to do to you, your current attitude is truly too hateful!”

“Master Siqiu, do you not know to leave a line in your actions so we can meet again in the future!”

Zuo Siqiu replied, “But I don’t want to meet you again in the future!”

“And what I’m doing now isn’t that hateful yet. I have even more hateful behaviors; why don’t I let you broaden your horizons?”

She turned back and smiled at Xuan Mo. “Venerable One, does our Xuanyun Sect do robberies?”

Xuan Mo looked at her with great interest and nodded. “Yan Jiaojiao, find two people to rob them.”

“You dare! Do you know we are all core disciples of the Long family!”

“If you offend the Long family like this, are you not afraid we will attack the Xuanyun Sect when we return!”

However, these baseless shouts could not stop the steps of the Xuanyun Sect. Yan Jiaojiao stepped forward with two others, giggling as she reached the Third Young Master. “I see you should be the richest. Let me see what you have on you.”

Her looting methods were extremely domineering; she even probed into the Third Young Master’s Dantian to see if he had hidden anything in his body.

Fifteen minutes later, all the storage artifacts on the Long family disciples were swept clean. After the Xuanyun Sect members broke the restrictions on these artifacts, they were all handed over to Zuo Siqiu.

Zuo Siqiu’s face was filled with the joy of making a fortune. She did a count, so happy she couldn’t close her mouth. Then, she threw out several Spider-Silk Pills, tying the group up and tossing them aside. She happily pushed Xuan Mo—who didn’t actually need pushing—forward. “Let’s hurry and sweep the remaining places clean! When we get out of here, we’ll go spend it all in Feixian City. All expenses are on Miss Zuo!”

The Xuanyun Sect group followed her, laughing, while behind them, the Long family disciples collapsed in tears, shivering in the spiderwebs.

Wuwuwu, these people from the demonic cult are too terrifying. Not only did they rob us, but they also used high-level divine sense to browse through our bodies. Even the precious treasures hidden inside were stolen. What was more terrifying was that they had seen Master Siqiu twice when buying pills in Feixian City; back then, she looked so pure, cute, and soft. How did she turn into a little demon the moment she joined the Xuanyun Sect?

The Xuanyun Sect is truly a terrifying vat of dye.

What was even more infuriating was that the Spider-Silk Pills kept them bound so they couldn’t contact the Long family. They could only see the jade slips secretly sent by the family hitting them like they cost nothing, yet they couldn’t free a hand to pick them up.

…

The group at the Long family old residence could no longer sit still.

“What exactly is going on? Why can’t we contact any of the Long family members!”

“The treasure sites in the Milong Secret Realm are almost all discovered by that group. Who is doing this!”

Only when every treasure in the realm disappeared one by one and the people in the Long family residence fell into complete despair did they finally receive a reply from the disciples.

“It’s actually the Xuanyun Sect! What? They sent the person with the lowest martial power to attack the monsters guarding the treasures!”

“How do they know this secret? Did one of you leak it?!”

This secret was only known to the Long Family Head and a few elders; even the core disciples sent into the realm didn’t know. Finding out a family secret was known to outsiders made everyone present feel a chill down their spines. They wanted to capture Zuo Siqiu, but someone had used the realm to shear the Long family bald.

They thought they were the oriole, but they were the mantis being targeted by the oriole.

“They actually emptied every treasure in the realm!”

“This was the secret realm given to our Long family by the Heavenly Dao, and in the end, it all benefited the demonic cult!”

“We must catch Zuo Siqiu! After catching her, we must take back everything she took!”

The Long Family Head looked at the golden stone dragon before them, his eyes darkening. “She took so many of the Giant Dragon’s treasures; the Giant Dragon should be very angry too.”

The elders were somewhat worried. “If we let the Giant Dragon out, will it be like last time where all cultivators died in the realm? We have many elite core disciples in there as well.”

The Family Head said, “So many years have passed; how could the Long family be like before, completely unable to control this angry Giant Dragon?”

…

Zuo Siqiu had anticipated their actions. Holding the “I’ve read this book” cheat, although she hadn’t seen the dragon awaken again in the original text, she knew the Long family’s control over this realm exceeded everyone’s imagination.

She told Xuan Mo her thoughts: “I’m afraid this realm will suddenly erupt with massive energy like before and kill everyone inside.”

Xuan Mo told her to relax. “The Xuanyun Sect is a demonic cult that has done so many harmful things; of course, we have means of self-preservation.”

Zuo Siqiu was puzzled. How come I don’t know about any self-preservation means? It wasn’t in the novel. Your Xuanyun Sect was eventually wiped out by Long Xiaotian.

Yan Jiaojiao jumped out to add: “We have a celestial artifact that can teleport us instantly, so this realm cannot trap us.”

Zuo Siqiu was surprised. Wasn’t that the celestial artifact the female lead obtained by chance in the original book? It turned out it belonged to the Xuanyun Sect? In the original story, Xuan Mo likely gave it to the female lead.

The realm’s changes came suddenly. First, all the monsters and even sentient spiritual plants ran past the majority of cultivators like they were maddened. These cultivators were terrified at first, but when they realized they weren’t the targets, they were confused.

“It looks like they are charging toward someone.” “Did someone touch something they shouldn’t have?”

The common enemy became the realm itself. Long Xiaotian made the decision: “We must follow and see. If someone triggers a catastrophe, none of us will escape.”

Zuo Mudong was worried about her sister and followed. Bi Zhian, who had found her Eldest Senior Brother after the mist cleared, followed him as well.

Soon, they saw the place where the monsters gathered, with demonic energy soaring to the sky.

“It’s the Xuanyun Sect!” Bi Zhian cried out.

Hearing this, an unknown cultivator was furious. “It’s the demonic cult! What are they trying to do? Do they want us all to die here?”

More people realized the cult was being besieged. They stopped their steps. “If the demonic cult angers the monsters, then let’s not save them. Or perhaps we should join the monsters to annihilate the cult. Once they are dead, everything should stop.”

Some cultivators who had bought pills from her were hesitant. “But Master Siqiu is inside. My pre-ordered pills haven’t arrived yet.”

But others argued: “Refining pills is one thing; them wanting to kill us is another!”

Zuo Mudong ignored them. She flew forward to attack the monster behind her sister. However, when Zuo Siqiu saw her, she cried out: “Sister, don’t attack!”

Zuo Siqiu’s eyes were firm, without any panic. Zuo Mudong retracted her energy and landed by her sister, only to watch Zuo Siqiu strike a palm at a Mountain Ghost behind her. If the ghost had leg hair, Zuo Siqiu wouldn’t have even broken a single hair.

Zuo Mudong never expected her sister’s martial power to be so low!

Observers were shocked. Those who didn’t know her were stunned that someone so weak dared to enter the realm; those who knew her felt their hearts jump into their throats.

Zuo Mudong reacted fastest. Seeing her sister fail to hurt the ghost, she followed up with an attack, shouting, “Run!”

Her flaming palm struck the ghost’s leg. She thought she would at most break its leg, but the ghost suddenly burst into towering flames and turned into a wisp of blue smoke, leaving not even ash.

Only Zuo Siqiu remained beside her, screaming in lament: “Aaaaah! Sister, don’t burn it! So many things on its body are worth a fortune!”

Zuo Mudong and the other cultivators: “???” “…”